Table B-12.  2005 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Gender, Race, Hispanic and Service with Civilian Comparison Group (Continued)
	SERVICE
GENDER/RACE	ARMY*			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a. Male & Female Combined
White	45,488	71.83%		24,249	64.27%		26,781	83.65%		14,643	76.70%		111,161	73.06%		21,853,281	78.14%
Black	7,584	11.98%		7,084	18.78%		2,467	7.71%		2,748	14.39%		19,883	13.07%		3,982,615	14.24%
AIAN	740	1.17%		2,631	6.97%		425	1.33%		149	0.78%		3,945	2.59%		278,088	0.99%
Asian	1,292	2.04%		1,847	4.90%		678	2.12%		591	3.10%		4,408	2.90%		1,145,765	4.10%
NHPI	559	0.88%		457	1.21%		298	0.93%		269	1.41%		1,583	1.04%		83,021	0.30%
Two or more	350	0.55%		622	1.65%		196	0.61%		242	1.27%		1,410	0.93%		623,315	2.23%
Unknown	7,311	11.55%		839	2.22%		1,170	3.65%		450	2.36%		9,770	6.42%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	63,324	100.00%		37,729	100.00%		32,015	100.00%		19,092	100.00%		152,160	100.00%		27,966,085	100.00%
Male & Female - Not Hispanic**
White	40,018	71.97%		20,375	64.39%		22,455	83.76%		13,028	76.64%		95,876	73.16%		17,324,241	75.20%
Black	7,346	13.21%		6,564	20.74%		2,368	8.83%		2,645	15.56%		18,923	14.44%		3,825,485	16.61%
AIAN	688	1.24%		2,136	6.75%		366	1.37%		127	0.75%		3,317	2.53%		188,457	0.82%
Asian	1,269	2.28%		1,588	5.02%		655	2.44%		561	3.30%		4,073	3.11%		1,130,541	4.91%
NHPI	492	0.88%		358	1.13%		260	0.97%		228	1.34%		1,338	1.02%		72,233	0.31%
Two or more	328	0.59%		419	1.32%		176	0.66%		222	1.31%		1,145	0.87%		495,321	2.15%
Unknown	5,462	9.82%		203	0.64%		529	1.97%		187	1.10%		6,381	4.87%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	55,603	100.00%		31,643	100.00%		26,809	100.00%		16,998	100.00%		131,053	100.00%		23,036,278	100.00%
Male & Female - Hispanic
White	5,470	70.85%		3,874	63.65%		4,326	83.10%		1,615	77.13%		15,285	72.42%		4,529,040	91.87%
Black	238	3.08%		520	8.54%		99	1.90%		103	4.92%		960	4.55%		157,131	3.19%
AIAN	52	0.67%		495	8.13%		59	1.13%		22	1.05%		628	2.98%		89,630	1.82%
Asian	23	0.30%		259	4.26%		23	0.44%		30	1.43%		335	1.59%		15,224	0.31%
NHPI	67	0.87%		99	1.63%		38	0.73%		41	1.96%		245	1.16%		10,788	0.22%
Two or more	22	0.28%		203	3.34%		20	0.38%		20	0.96%		265	1.26%		127,994	2.60%
Unknown	1,849	23.95%		636	10.45%		641	12.31%		263	12.56%		3,389	16.06%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	7,721	100.00%		6,086	100.00%		5,206	100.00%		2,094	100.00%		21,107	100.00%		4,929,807	100.00%
*   The Army's previously reported NPS accession achievement of 65,019 included three days of accessions in FY 2004 (September 28-30 2004), in conjunction
with its FY 2005 recruiting calendar. The number in this report accurately reflects NPS accessions from 1 October 2004 through 30 September 2005.
**Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, October 2004-September 2005.